3 Months Old and Other Stuff

Today my sweet baby officially turned 3 months. She was 12 weeks a week and a half ago but it is the 18th and so we couldn't let that go by without some pictures. Lisa came over to do a sewing project and so she got some good pictures of Lydia while she was here. I can't wait to see them she is so good at taking and editing pictures!

It's amazing to think how quickly time passes and how little time we really have with our family on this earth. I was reading in the June Ensign this morning an article about slowing down and not being busy. It really made me think about everything I do to fill my day. Granted my days are very busy taking care of a baby and that's a good busy. But am I sometimes making things important that really aren't that important? At the end it talked about how the Savior throughout his life on this earth was never busy. He was always walking, meditating, taking things slow, never rushed. I would like to be more like that. Just like the article said, when you put the Savior first in your life, all the other things will fall into place or be eliminated. Having this beautiful baby in my life makes me realize how each day is a gift and how our lives are a gift. Maybe I have been thinking about this so much because last night Gregory and I were talking about Lydia's birth and how both her and I almost lost our lives. The Lord blessed us that day with the continuation of my gift along with the new gift of our daughter. I hope I am making the best of what I have been given.

Look at those skinny little legs!


I love this bow! I don't have very many hair bows for her but I really want to get more because she look so cute in them.


Tired or what?!


All tuckered out from her photo shoot. She fell asleep in my arms as I was rocking her side to side on my hip.



On a different note, I am making Isabella's birthday cake. it came up one day as Lisa was talking about Isabella's birthday and I mentioned that I knew what cake I was going to make for Lydia's 1st birthday. Lisa asked me if I did cakes and I said yes I like to make them and decorate although I haven't done very many. She asked if I would do it for Isabella's birthday and I said yes. I was really excited and asked Lisa what she had in mind when she told me that Isabella was really into Elmo right now. I looked online for a few ideas and this is what I came up with. This is the practice cake (it was actually brownies with mint frosting), but I think it is a good first run. I will definitely make a post about the original when I do it in a couple weeks.





Also when Gregory got home from work, Lydia was still sleeping so Gregory found another child to play with and this was the result.

Almost....

This morning as Lydia and I were playing on her play mat she started to turn over. I couldn't believe it . She kept turning over and over so many times that I ran to grab the camera and caught some of it. The other day she sort of rolled on her side but this was her definitely trying to roll over and getting the bearings of it. She didn't quite make it all the way over but she is sure getting the hang of it. It was so much fun to watch her.







All dressed up and ready to go to church. This outfit is so cute that I couldn't wait for her to fit into it. It is a 3-6 month and I was really hoping that she would get to wear it here in Texas. It was given to us by my visiting teacher who actually had her baby girl in May. We got a lot of compliments on it and she was just plain adorable .

Who Needs Sleep?

It has been quite the week! Since the last post of Lydia's teeth coming in, both she and Gregory got sick!!!! His dad came home a couple weeks ago with a bad virus and was very careful to stay away from everyone, but Maritza got a lower end of it and then Lydia got it followed by Gregory. Lydia has had the most pitiful little cry you could imagine. Sometimes she has been too sick to even really cry so she would just whimper. It broke my heart to hear her. We had been on a pretty good schedule with naps and things but this past week it all went out the window! She had to be held for her to sleep, was up a lot all night and we were giving her Tylenol around the clock. We don't have insurance here so I hesitated taking her in the Dr but kept a close eye on her in case it turned worse. Luckily there was no real fever, though she was a little warm but the worst seemed to be over after a couple of days. With all of that going on Gregory got sick too! Needless to say, I am very tired. Thank goodness Lydia is on the mend and hopefully she will be back to her chipper self real soon. Poor thing can't catch a break for more than a week. Also Gregory seems to be getting better fast as well. Hopefully after this weekend we will all be healthy and well. I just pray that I don't get sick.

Just before Gregory got sick while he was holding Lydia so she could sleep and I could get a break.


Just after he got sick. This is what we looked like the past few days.


And the baby. Poor little thing. She's been so miserable.


This was at Brandon's a Lisa's house just before she got sick. We were getting ready to go and Lydia started to cry so Isabella went up and said "Shhhh...don't cry baby, don't cry." So precious!

Tooth Monster Comes for a Visit!

What's the opposite of the Tooth Fairy who brings you toys or money for the teeth you lose and keep under your pillow? The Tooth Monster, who takes over poor little babies mouths and makes them cry all day and refuse to take naps!

Yes it's true. My 2 1/2 month old baby is teething!!!!! Poor thing hurts so much that I had to hold her almost the ENTIRE day yesterday. I didn't know what was wrong but figured that she must just not be feeling well. When Maritza noticed that Lydia was rubbing her tongue between her lip and gums in the late afternoon she asked if Lydia could be teething already. Then we checked her mouth out and sure enough.....the Tooth Monster is here for a visit. I went online and googled if babies that young could teeth and sure enough, it is very possible. It not unusual but it's not common either. I guess I should have picked up on the signs, drooling, eating her hands constantly, low grade fever, fussiness, waking up from a deep sleep in the middle of nap time, inconsistency eating, etc. I just never thought it possible that a baby this young could teeth. She may not show a tooth still until 4-6 months but for now, she is sure feeling them!

Family Pictures 2010

The Bailey's try to take family pictures every year in the summer when we come down for our internship. We did them earlier this year than in previous years because it was just too hot last time we did them at the end of the summer. So when we decided to do them in May we thought it would be nicer weather. Little did we know that this year just happens to be one of the hottest Texas has seen in May. The pictures started at 9am and at 9:15 we were all sweating and at 9:30 Lydia was screaming! It took a rest and cooling off in the van before she would tolerate just 10 min more of pictures. Despite the drama though we did get some really good pictures. Please excuse my hair as it is still getting used to the humidity and has a little frizz in some pictures. Also, please note that I just had a baby 2 months ago and haven't lost all the weight. I saw one picture and about died! I feel like I looked like an obese person. Lisa and Krystal were reassuring me that they were fine and I know that I am WAY to critical and hard on myself when it comes to weight. But I still liked a few of the pictures so here you go.

Beautiful baby!


This one I had to post because of the glare she is giving us. This was one of the last shots we took and she was screaming right after this one was taken.


I loved the lake and beautiful houses behind us.


Cute Isabella. She has a lolly pop in her hand which made her day!


This is my favorite of the three of us.


Grandma and Grandpa with their grandkids.


Group Shot


Loved this one so much I had to post it in both black and white and color. Thanks Lisa once again for the editing!





All the kids!

Memorial Day

We played it low key this Memorial Day and had an easy relaxing morning. After Lydia was fed and ready to go we headed up to Lisa and Brandon's pool again for another morning swim. this time the whole family was there minus Brandon who went golfing and joined us for lunch a little later. We then went to Lisa and Brandon's for lunch and watched a movie. After we got back home everyone went out to buy a Wii and do a little shopping. I stayed home to feed the baby and make sure she got a good nap. When everyone got home we took our Friend Matt back to the airport. Thanks for visiting us Matt! We had a great time.

Having fun with my man!


Just playing around.


I decided not to have the baby go swimming again because the pool was not likely to be any warmer than it was on Friday morning. That was a good call because it was a little windy. Luckily Grandma Bailey was willing to sit with her so both of us could swim.


Lisa got this shot and I have to say I think that it is amazing! Lisa you are so good with your camera. Thanks for the great picture of my daughter's beautiful eyes!


Krystal was making her smile all day!


I was finally able to get a good video of the baby smiling! Forgive the sound on the video as it was really windy so it was cutting in and out but it is darling anyway.


Watching a movie after lunch and relaxing.


We have tried a couple swings with Lydia and she didn't like either. We decided to try Lisa's as it swings side to side and the baby can be laying down which neither of the previous swings did. She loved it! She spent all afternoon in it. I am so excited to have something that she will stay in so I can get some things done in the day even if only for a few hours. This is definitely on our list of things to get when we get home.

JFK Museum

Friday evening we went to the airport and picked up our good friend Matt Welling who came to visit us in Texas. Since he had never been to Texas before we thought it would be good to show him around the JFK Museum in Dallas (we had actually never been there before either so it worked all around). Being a history buff it was so awesome to get to see the story unfold in the place it happened. I got shivers as we entered the former "Texas School Book Depository" where Lee Harvey Oswald was positioned. We went up an elevator to the sixth floor (the floor he was on when he shot the President) and they took you through a tour of JFK's campaign for President and his life in his first years as President. When we came to the window where Lee Harvey Oswald actually pulled the trigger, they had it all set up as Lee Harvey Oswald had left it. He had boxes stacked to steady his rifle and even left a brown paper bag with remains of his lunch in it. During the chaos after he shot the President, Lee Harvey Oswald calmly left the building where a reporter asked him if he know where a telephone was. He responded and then headed away when a couple blocks down he was stopped by a policeman. The reporter had given police his description when they asked if anyone had been in the School Book Depository. When he was stopped based on the description the police were given (keep in mind that they didn't know that that building is where the President was shot, they just wanted to question the guy to see if he saw anything), he abruptly turned and killed Officer J.D. Tippit. Unfortunately for Oswald the Officer had already called in that he was stopping someone who matched the description and when the Officer didn't respond, more police were sent to that area to find out what happened. They found Officer Tippit dead and so then figured they were on the path of the killer. They searched the surrounding buildings until they found Oswald in a theater nearby. President Kennedy was shot at 12:30pm, pronounced dead at 1pm and Lee Harvey Oswald was taken to the Dallas Police Dept at 2pm arrested for the murder of Officer Tippit and suspicion of the murder of President Kennedy.

Just 2 days after he killed the President, Sunday morning, Oswald was being transferred to the Dallas county jail, he was shot and killed by Jack Ruby who claimed to be distraught over the Presidents death. The whole thing was caught on camera and replayed on the seventh floor where you could take a tour of the life of the photographer who caught the entire assassination on his camera along with the killing of Oswald (he was the only one who caught the footage of the entire assassination, others just got bits and pieces). The photographer eventually donated his camera that caught the assasination of the President, but as everyone knows how our government works, it is in storage!

I loved the museum and getting to see some recent history exactly where it happened. It was definitely worth the time and money to see and I highly recommend everyone going to see it.

At the Museum ready to go in!


The window Oswald shot from. It's the corner window that you can see the two strips from the lights.


Dealey Plaza


One of the conspiracy theory's claims that there was another shooter because there were 4 gunshots heard and Oswald only fired three. They quickly put that one to rest. There were only 3 shots fired, but the first one missed and hit the curb which sounded like another shot was fired when it was only the bullet hitting the cement. The white spot is where that first bullet hit.


The x in the street is where the President was hit the first time.


Us standing on that x! We had to hurry because there were cars coming. The road is still used and open for anyone to drive on.


The place where the President was shot the second time.


Us at the second x. We timed this shot a little better with the traffic lights.


Our friend Matt showing us the Grassy Knoll where there was thought to have been a second shooter. All conspiracy theory's have been proved wrong. It was just one nut acting alone.


His left hand is pointing to the building Oswald shot out of, his right to where Oswald was killed, and he is standing by the place Kennedy was shot a second time leading to his death.


After the JFK Museum we went across the street to the Holocaust Museum. There are quite a few people who survived the Holocaust and moved to Texas. The museum there is actually run by volunteers who are still alive after being in concentration camps. There were accounts of these people all over that museum and I liked that it brought it to a close reality. There was one volunteer in the end room where a memorial was set up with ashes of those killed in pillars and names of those survivors families on plaques. This sweet old man showed us where his sister's plaque was. I can't imagine living through something so awful.


Not wanting to end the day on a depressing note, we stopped at a novelty Texas store where Matt bought a hat and looks pretty good I might say! He better be careful or we will convert him to being a Texan in no time.


On our way out we got to drive on the now famous road where JFK was shot.


People taking pictures of the marked spots where the President was shot.


The end of a long hot day!